On Wed, Jul 03, 2019 at 12:31:57PM -0600, Alex Williamson wrote:
> On Wed, 3 Jul 2019 17:13:39 +0800
> Tiwei Bie <tiwei.bie@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/vfio.h b/include/uapi/linux/vfio.h
> > index 8f10748dac79..6c5718ab7eeb 100644
> > --- a/include/uapi/linux/vfio.h
> > +++ b/include/uapi/linux/vfio.h
> > @@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ struct vfio_device_info {
> > #define VFIO_DEVICE_FLAGS_AMBA (1 << 3) /* vfio-amba device */
> > #define VFIO_DEVICE_FLAGS_CCW (1 << 4) /* vfio-ccw device */
> > #define VFIO_DEVICE_FLAGS_AP (1 << 5) /* vfio-ap device */
> > +#define VFIO_DEVICE_FLAGS_VHOST (1 << 6) /* vfio-vhost device */
> > __u32 num_regions; /* Max region index + 1 */
> > __u32 num_irqs; /* Max IRQ index + 1 */
> > };
> > @@ -217,6 +218,7 @@ struct vfio_device_info {
> > #define VFIO_DEVICE_API_AMBA_STRING "vfio-amba"
> > #define VFIO_DEVICE_API_CCW_STRING "vfio-ccw"
> > #define VFIO_DEVICE_API_AP_STRING "vfio-ap"
> > +#define VFIO_DEVICE_API_VHOST_STRING "vfio-vhost"
> >
> > /**
> > * VFIO_DEVICE_GET_REGION_INFO - _IOWR(VFIO_TYPE, VFIO_BASE + 8,
> > @@ -573,6 +575,23 @@ enum {
> > VFIO_CCW_NUM_IRQS
> > };
> >
> > +/*
> > + * The vfio-vhost bus driver makes use of the following fixed region and
> > + * IRQ index mapping. Unimplemented regions return a size of zero.
> > + * Unimplemented IRQ types return a count of zero.
> > + */
> > +
> > +enum {
> > + VFIO_VHOST_CONFIG_REGION_INDEX,
> > + VFIO_VHOST_NOTIFY_REGION_INDEX,
> > + VFIO_VHOST_NUM_REGIONS
> > +};
> > +
> > +enum {
> > + VFIO_VHOST_VQ_IRQ_INDEX,
> > + VFIO_VHOST_NUM_IRQS
> > +};
> > +
>
> Note that the vfio API has evolved a bit since vfio-pci started this
> way, with fixed indexes for pre-defined region types. We now support
> device specific regions which can be identified by a capability within
> the REGION_INFO ioctl return data. This allows a bit more flexibility,
> at the cost of complexity, but the infrastructure already exists in
> kernel and QEMU to make it relatively easy. I think we'll have the
> same support for interrupts soon too. If you continue to pursue the
> vfio-vhost direction you might want to consider these before committing
> to fixed indexes. Thanks,
Thanks for the details! Will give it a try!
Thanks,
Tiwei
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